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Can anyone tell me what this plant is?
I have diligently kept a notebook with the names of plants/varieties and now I have lost the notebook! I planted this several years ago and it has never produced these berried bracts before. I liked the leaves,so left it amongst the hosta and geranium. I think it came in a "collection"
from Lidl.
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looks like
Given they are poisonous and difficult to contain i doubt it was bought but more likely seed in droppings form a bird2 -
That is lords and ladies and I believe the whole plant is toxic. It's a weed and it would not be self sown.
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If the white markings / marbling on the leaves are really pronounced it is probably arum Italicum.
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Yes, the leaves probably aren't at their best now. They can look quite striking in spring.
They even get a plant profile entry with the RHS: https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/1658/arum-italicum/details
I'm not a fan. I tried to coexist with the ordinary English ones, but they took advantage, so now they get a squirt from the sprayer.
Weak men. Hard times.
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This absolutely loves the shady areas in my garden. It was in my garden 32 years ago and comes back every year. I have a large garden so just leave it alone to fill some gaps, I didn't realise it was toxic.
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Hi, I don't know what the plant is, but I've been using a free app to try to identify the plants in my garden and on dog walks.
The one I've used is called Flora Incognita. It gives a percentage for how accurate it thinks the identification is. (I think it was developed by/with help from a university).
There may be other better apps, but it's added more interest to walks, and our visits to open gardens.
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I got rid of my plant identification apps as they run too much memory and Google Lens is good enough for my purposes.
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